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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for students in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many subjects that online learning organizations are considering today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like French Southern and Antarctic Lands to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Trainers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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